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. 2014 Sep 22;9(9):e105814. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105814

Figure 5. DP inhibits constitutive apoptosis of AR neutrophils.

Figure 5

(A–C) Neutrophils were isolated from peripheral blood of AR subjects (at least n = 4) and then incubated for 24 h in the absence (Con) and presence of DP (10 µg/ml), DF (10 µg/ml) and GM-CSF (100 ng/ml) (A) or with and without DP (10 µg/ml), Der p 1 (10 µg/ml) and Der p 2 (10 µg/ml) (B). Neutrophils were pretreated in the absence (Con) and presence of E64 (50 µg/ml) and aprotinin (Ap) (50 µg/ml) for 1 h, after which the cells were incubated for 24 h in the absence (Con) and presence of DP (10 µg/ml) (C). Neutrophils apoptosis was analyzed by measuring the binding of annexin V-FITC and PI. Data are presented relative to the control, which was set at 100% as the means ± SD. *p<0.05 and **p<0.01 indicate a significant difference between the control and DP-treated groups.